Distributed Systems
Distributed Systems
The Distributed Systems (DSY) research group of the InIT focuses on scalable and reliable implementation of Distributed Systems across various areas (Internet, Cloud, Robotics, Enterprises, etc) with a Cloud-Native/-First approach. We address questions such as:
- How to build, run, and evaluate a performant (System/Energy/Financial) Cloud-Infrastructure (Network, Storage, Compute)
- What architecture best suits your specific cloud-native application?
- Which service model (IaaS, CaaS, PaaS, FaaS, ...) ensures optimal implementation of an application?
- Which tools are needed for development, operation and monitoring cloud-native services and applications?
- How to offer applications "as a service" (SaaS/PaaS/FaaS)?
- How to monetize modern IT “as a service”?
- How to ensure Site Reliability from a provider and consumer perspective?
- How to integrate the "physical world" into complex IT services?
- How to exploit Cloud Computing for specific application domains, like automation via Robots, the Health domain (Hospitals, Day Care, Assisted Living), or the domain of Environmental Computer Science (Farming, Live Stock, Forest Management)
The research group is engaged in international projects within the EU research framework and works closely with partners from the private sector on innovative products within Innosuisse funded or directly financed projects.
The knowledge gained from applied research and development is transferred to students of computer science courses in the following modules:
- Operating Systems (Linux/Unix)
- Distributed Systems
- Cloud Computing 1 (Cloud Concepts und Infrastructure)
- Cloud Computing 2 (Cloud Platforms and Applications)
- Serverless and Cloud Application Development
- Cloud Robotics
- Applied Cloud Computing for Medical Applications
- System Performance Evaluation (Coming Autumn 2026)
- Cloud Computing (Master)
- System Performance Evaluation (Master/EVA)
Cloud Computing
The Init Cloud Computing Lab (ICCLAB) is dedicated to the automated deployment, operation and usage of configurable, highly scalable and resilient IT resources on a pay-per-use basis. In addition to infrastructure virtualization, this includes platform services for automated application delivery, scalable back-end, and monitoring of services and applications.
Service Prototyping
The Service Prototyping Lab (SPLAB) addresses the implementation and validation of complex services in cloud or post-cloud environments. In addition to the migration of existing services to the cloud, the main focus is on modern application architectures (Cloud Native Applications, Microservices, Serverless), the provisioning of tools for optimal implementation, the experimental validation of concepts and their monetization (Cloud Accounting and Billing).
Cloud Robotics
The Init Cloud Comupting Lab (ICCLAB) also addresses the integration of robotic applications into complex networked services. The usage of elastic cloud services allows to extend the capabilities of robots (computing power, context information, artificial intelligence, ...) as well as to manage and coordinate them. Programming frameworks and automation services enable developers to integrate robots into services without having in-depth knowledge at device level.
Unfortunately, no list of projects can be displayed here at the moment. Until the list is available again, the project search on the ZHAW homepage can be used.
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Toffetti Carughi, Giovanni; Lötscher, Tobias; Kenzhegulov, Saken; Spillner, Josef; Bohnert, Thomas Michael,
2017.
Cloud robotics : SLAM and autonomous exploration on PaaS[paper].
In:
UCC '17 Companion Companion Proceedings of the10th International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing.
10th International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC '17), Austin, USA, 5-8 December 2017.
Association for Computing Machinery.
pp. 65-70.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/3147234.3148100
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Spillner, Josef; Ramírez López, Manuel; Toffetti Carughi, Giovanni,
2017.
Cloud-native databases : an application perspective[paper].
In:
Mann, Zóltan Ádám; Stolz, Volker, eds.,
Advances in Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing... Autor: Zoltán Ádám Mann Advances in Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing : Workshops of ESOCC 2017, Oslo, Norway, September 27-29, 2017, Revised Selected Papers.
3rd International Workshop on Cloud Adoption and Migration (CloudWays), Oslo, Norway, 27-29 September 2017.
Cham:
Springer.
pp. 102-116.
Communications in Computer and Information Science ; 824.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-79090-9_7
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Meszaros, Balazs; Harsh, Piyush; Bohnert, Thomas Michael,
2017.
DISCO: Distributed Computing as a Service[poster].
In:
UCC '17 Proceedings of the10th International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing.
10th International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing, Austin TX, USA, 5-8 December 2017.
Association for Computing Machinery.
pp. 203-204.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/3147213.3149216
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Spillner, Josef; Mateos, Cristian; Monge, David A.,
2017.
FaaSter, better, cheaper : the prospect of serverless scientific computing and HPC[paper].
In:
Mocskos, Esteban; Nesmachnow, Sergio, eds.,
High Performance Computing.
4th Latin American Conference (CARLA 2017), Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay, 20-22 September 2017.
Cham:
Springer.
pp. 154-168.
Communications in Computer and Information Science ; 796.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73353-1_11
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Skoviera, Martin; Harsh, Piyush; Serhiienko, Oleksii; Perez Belmonte, Manuel; Bohnert, Thomas Michael,
2017.
Monetization of infrastructures and services[paper].
In:
2017 European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC).
EuCNC, Oulu, Finland, 12-15 June 2017.
IEEE.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/EuCNC.2017.7980651